MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508260600F090.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 90 hour GFS valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 30.42,-88.92 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1014 17 21.5 21.0 97 0.5 21.1 104 2 293.5 296.2 293.8 337.9 15.60 1 1000 137 20.7 20.2 97 0.5 20.4 101 3 293.9 296.6 293.6 336.9 15.10 2 950 581 19.8 18.6 93 1.2 18.9 157 2 297.3 299.9 294.0 338.7 14.31 3 900 1048 18.3 16.8 91 1.5 17.3 258 7 300.4 302.9 294.3 340.1 13.53 4 850 1538 16.3 14.8 91 1.6 15.3 276 14 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.5 12.53 5 800 2053 13.6 12.5 93 1.1 12.9 285 17 305.6 307.8 294.3 340.0 11.46 6 750 2595 10.6 9.9 95 0.7 10.2 295 18 308.1 310.0 294.1 339.3 10.29 7 700 3168 7.9 7.2 96 0.6 7.5 303 19 311.2 312.9 294.1 339.3 9.15 8 650 3777 4.6 4.1 97 0.5 4.2 304 18 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.8 7.90 9 600 4427 1.0 0.9 99 0.2 1.0 298 16 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.9 6.82 10 550 5123 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.2 -2.3 292 16 321.5 322.6 294.4 340.3 5.82 11 500 5876 -5.9 -6.4 97 0.5 -6.1 292 20 325.8 326.7 294.7 341.5 4.75 12 450 6695 -10.4 -10.9 96 0.5 -10.6 293 23 330.1 330.9 295.0 342.7 3.69 13 400 7592 -15.9 -16.1 98 0.2 -15.9 295 23 334.4 334.9 295.3 343.9 2.73 14 350 8586 -22.6 -22.6 100 0.0 -22.6 300 23 338.3 338.6 295.4 344.7 1.78 15 300 9698 -31.1 -31.2 99 0.1 -31.1 316 22 341.5 341.7 295.6 345.1 0.94 16 250 10962 -42.0 -42.0 99 0.1 -42.0 315 28 343.7 343.8 295.6 345.2 0.38 17 200 12428 -55.1 -55.2 99 0.1 -55.1 310 42 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.9 0.11 18 150 14203 -66.8 -69.5 68 2.7 -66.8 329 60 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.1 0.02 19 100 16628 -70.2 -82.6 15 12.4 -70.3 337 28 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.21 m Freezing level: 584.10 mb = 4648.12 m = 15249.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.41 mb = 4623.61 m = 15169.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1007.10 mb = 75.73 m = 248.46 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 1.12 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1205.34 m = 3954.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.26 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3222.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.44 mb = 586.29 m = 1923.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.6 neg: -2.1 tot: 77.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 39.52 m/s